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Call for Nominations: Committee on Disability Issues in Psychology
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Nominations
APA's Committee on Disability Issues in Psychology (CDIP) seeks nominations for two new members to begin three-year terms on January 1.
The Committee's mission is to promote the:
- psychological well-being of people with disabilities;
- inclusion of knowledge about disabilities and disability issues in education, training programs, policies, and professional development of psychologists;
- development and implementation of psychological service delivery modes responsive to the needs of people with disabilities; and
- awareness of disability in psychological research as well as specific research activity in disability areas.
Current CDIP activities include developing disability-related resolutions, increasing the visibility of disability within APA, and addressing barriers to psychology training and practice encountered by individuals with disabilities.
CDIP seeks psychologists with disability-related academic, clinical, or research experience. The Committee strongly encourages applications from those who have a disability (visible, invisible, or due to a chronic health condition or injury) and/or those with personal experience with disability. The Committee also actively recruits ethnic minority psychologists and those who are members of other underrepresented groups. Nominations are open to APA members who are retired or employed less than full time.
CDIP members must be full members of APA, and are required to attend two Committee meetings a year in Washington, DC, with expenses reimbursed by APA. Members are also expected to work on projects between meetings and encouraged to attend APA's Annual Convention to which attendance is not subsidized.
Nomination materials, including a current curriculum vitae and a statement of interest and qualifications, must be received by August 31, 2007. Materials may be sent to Anju Khubchandani, Office on Disability Issues in Psychology, at the APA address or via email to
Anju Khubchandani.
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